Next Player


0.18.0 by Anil Kumar Beesetti
Sep 18, 2026 Old Versions

About Next Player

A simple material you video player based on Media3

Next Player is a native video player written in Kotlin and jetpack compose. It provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for users to play videos on their Android devices

This project is still in development and is expected to have bugs

Supported formats:

* Audio: Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, ALAC, PCM/WAVE (μ-law, A-law), MP1, MP2, MP3, AMR (NB, WB), AAC (LC, ELD, HE; xHE on Android 9+), AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD

* Video: H.263, H.264 AVC (Baseline Profile; Main Profile on Android 6+), H.265 HEVC, MPEG-4 SP, VP8, VP9, AV1

* Streaming: DASH, HLS, RTSP

* Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, TTML, VTT

Key Features:

* Native Android app with simple and easy-to-use interface

* Completely free and open source and without any ads or excessive permissions

* Material 3 (you) support

* Audio/Subtitle track selection

* Vertical swipe to change brightness (left) / volume (right)

* Horizontal swipe to seek through video

* Media picker with tree, folder and file view modes

* Playback speed control

* Pinch to zoom in and zoom out

* Resize (fit/stretch/crop/100%)

* Volume boost

* External subtitle support (long press subtitle icon)

* Controls lock

* No ads, tracking or excessive permissions

* Picture in picture mode

Project Repo: https://github.com/anilbeesetti/nextplayer

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What's New in the Latest Version 0.18.0

Last updated on Sep 19, 2026
• Added local playlists and M3U playlist support
• Added playback history
• Added trash and restore for videos
• Added SSH key authentication for SFTP connections
• Added runtime decoder switching
• Added software AV1 decoding
• Improved secret folder navigation and biometric unlock
• Improved network connections and TV navigation
• Improved software decoder performance
• Fixed software video rotation issues
• Fixed media session command handling

Additional APP Information

Latest Version

0.18.0

Uploaded by

RezaMaulana

Requires Android

Android 7.0+

Available on

Content Rating

Everyone

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